moralizing

Verb

present participle and gerund of moralize

Noun

The behaviour of one who moralizes.

moralize

1. (intransitive) To make moral reflections (on, upon, about or over something); to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
2. (transitive) To say (something) expressing a moral reflection or judgment.
3. (transitive) To render moral; to correct the morals of; to give the appearance of morality to.
4. (transitive) To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To supply with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.

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Synonyms

moralisation

moralization

edification

moralising

preaching

sermon

admonitory

moralising

edifying

exhortative

lecture

Translations

الوعظ

moralisierend

Predigt

moralisant

moralisateur

mentorstwo

kaznodziejstwo

moralistyka

moralizatorstwo

moralizowanie